The Global Experience in Addressing Cervical Cancer

On April 24, the CSIS Global Health Policy Center will host a major day-long conference on comprehensive prevention and control of cervical cancer. It will open with a keynote presentation on the global burden of cervical cancer, projected trends in a number of key countries, and major methods of prevention and treatment. It will feature expert roundtables on experiences with the HPV vaccine in low, middle, and high-income countries; innovative partnerships such as the Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon Initiative; and what lies ahead in addressing the challenge of cervical cancer on a global scale. On that day, CSIS will release a commissioned report HPV Vaccination in Japan: The Continuing Debate and Global Impacts.

Conference Agenda

9:00 AM
Welcoming Remarks 
Dr. J. Stephen Morrison
Senior Vice President and Director, Global Health Policy Center, CSIS

9:05 AM
Opening Keynote
Dr. Ted Trimble
Director, National Cancer Institute Center for Global Health

9:30 AM
Opening Panel: Country Experiences: Advanced and Emerging Economies

Dr. David Salisbury
Director of Immunisation, Department of Health, UK  

Dr. Akihiko Saitoh
Professor and Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences

Dr. Jon Andrus
Vice President, Sabin Vaccine Institute

Dr. Melinda Wharton
Director, Immunization Services Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

Moderator
Ambassador Sally Cowal
Senior Vice President, Global Health, American Cancer Society

10:45 AM
Panel 2: Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon Initiative

Dr. Doyin Oluwole
Executive Director, Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon 

Sandra Thurman
Chief Strategy Officer, Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Global Health Diplomacy

Dr. Kennedy Lishimpi
Executive Director, Cancer Disease Hospital, Lusaka 

Moderator
Lisa Carty
Director, US Liaison Office, UNAIDS  

12:00 PM
Panel 3: Developing Country Experiences
Natasha Bilimoria
Director of U.S. Strategy, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance 

Dr. John Yang
Senior Program Officer in Vaccine Delivery, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Dr. Susan Wang
Associate Director for Research, Global Immunization Division CDC Center for Global Health

Moderator
Dr. Katherine Bliss
Senior Associate, Global Health Policy Center, CSIS

1:30 PM
Panel 4: What's In Store for the Future? 

Dr. Julie Gerberding
Executive Vice President for Strategic Communications, Global Public Policy and Population Health, Merck

Donna Altenpohl
Vice President, Vaccines, Communication & Government Affairs, GSK.

Dr. Stephen Resch
Deputy Director, Center for Health Decision Science, Harvard School of Public Health

Moderator
Dr. J. Stephen Morrison
Senior Vice President and Director, Global Health Policy Center, CSIS

2:35 PM
Closing 

This conference is made possible by the generous support of Merck & Co, Inc. and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.